Bloodnstuff
Two former members of the artier/weirder band Economy Team, singer/guitarist Ed Holmberg and drummer Dylan Gouret, go for broke -- as in busted eardrums -- in this punky sludge-metal duo.
Sexcat
Call them the female Har Mar Superstars, minus the stripping. Singers/strutters Megan Charles and Hannah von der Hoff deliver sexually fueled, party-driving electronic R&B with help from synth-plunking musicmaker Garrett Neal. Their song titles tellingly include "Electric Hypz" and "Sexpot."
Dreamcrusher
Call them the mellow Marijuana Deathsquads. Fort Wilson Riot singer Jacob Mullis and members of Me & My Arrow dabble in moody, hypnotic electronic grooves in this all-improv all-star band, anchored by two drummers (including Night Moves' Isabella) and former Solid Gold member Shon Troth's trippy slide-guitar work. You can hear them live Friday on Radio K's "Off the Record" at 4 p.m. (770 AM, 104.5 or 100.7 FM).
Fire in the Northern Firs
Singer Carin Barno -- one of the best things about onetime baby buzz band First Communion Afterparty -- is out front more here, and echoing the '80s instead of the '60s in a psychedelic group that's inspired by the likes of Siouxsie & the Banshees and Dead Can Dance.
